Thanks for watching
the Healthy Traveler.
Today we’re in
San Diego, California.
Great beaches,
theme parks, and just a
stone’s throw away from
Mexico, this seaside city
is home to a variety
of delicious spots.

Please meet
Carolyn Scott-Hamilton.
She is the vegan founder
of the Healthy Voyager,
an umbrella network that
is dedicated to helping
health-conscious travelers
find scrumptious food
abroad or even at home.
Whether you’re a vegan,
vegetarian, or simply
have dietary restrictions,
Carolyn scopes out
the hot spots and
casual corners that will
make life more
enjoyable and delicious.

Supreme Master
Television
met Carolyn for lunch
and a chat at Herbivore
vegan restaurant
in San Francisco, USA.
Today
on Vegetarian Elite,
we will learn more about
the Healthy Voyager,
her journeys, visions,
and plans.

So Carolyn, I’ve seen
some of the episodes of
“Healthy Voyager”—
it looks really, really fun.
How did you begin this
and what spurred it on?
I’m curious.

Well, basically, I’ve been
vegan for over 10 years,
and I realized it was
incredibly difficult to
travel and be vegan
at the same time.
It’s got a little better
over the last 10 years
but in the beginning
it was really tough.
So I started to document
all my travels and
everywhere I ate, and
in 2005 I came up with
the show and I pitched it
to a few networks
and everyone loved it.
But they were like, “Oh,
we don’t do healthy.”
So I said, “All right,
I’ll do it myself.”

Ready with courage
and a heart that wanted to
make a difference
by providing a valuable
yet entertaining resource,
Carolyn launched
the Healthy Voyager
the same year.

So I started with the blog
and we did
the pilot episode.
And since 2005, I’ve just
been travelling the world
and documenting it
for the show and doing it
myself, and the brand has
grown a lot since then.

Basically, I knew
that if I built the brand
on my own and proved
that there was a market
for it, that they would
come to me, and
that’s kind of what’s
been starting to happen.
My fiancé and I have all
our camera equipment;
we were filmmakers
for many years and
we thought, “We travel
anyway, we can just film
while we’re on the road.”
And yes, we did it
all ourselves.
He’s an artist
so he created my logo,
my design, and I did
all the contents – so
producing the shows,
writing them,
helping edit,
get everything together.

And I studied holistic
nutrition and culinary
arts, so I do have
a background in it.
So, I thought that I could
meld all of that together
to make a good,
resourceful, entertaining
product.
So, yes, it’s just
a two team thing, but
we’re doing really well
and the brand
is expanded.
We’ve got a cooking show
now and a celebrity
interview show;
we have a green show,
some green tips; I do
a lot of event coverage;
I have a radio show; I’m
writing a few cookbooks,
I’m starting my own line
of food.
So, it grows because I
really just love advocating
healthy lifestyle.

That’s tomato
with sesame salsa…

That looks awesome.
Wow, look at that!

We’re going to mix and
match. It looks so good!

Welcome to Savannah,
a beautiful little city
in the deep south, filled
with rich history and
good ol’ southern charm.
Founded in 1733,
the city’s peppered with
parks, monuments, and
squares that paint
the picture of this
once colonial capital.

With her traveling
adventures taking her
to places like Savannah,
Georgia and Africa’s
bushland, Carolyn shares
with us her favorite
destination thus far,
and how easy it was to
find vegan options.

Kenya was probably
my favorite episode,
because I went there
with a lot of reservation,
thinking, “What am I
going to eat there?”
So I thought, “All right,
I’m going to pack
my bags chockfull
of my own stuff.”
I brought VEGA powders
and I brought Luna bars
and all kinds of stuff
like that just in case
I was just eating bread
all day.
And I was so surprised!
All of that came back
on the plane with me
because I ate
like a little piglet.

We were so well taken
care of because, really,
a lot of Europeans and
Indians go visit Kenya
in southern Africa
and they’re really,
really helpful and
accommodating to
special vegetarian diets.
And every morning
and every afternoon
and every evening
in the commons area,
or the main dining area,
they would label
everything that was
on the table –
“this is vegetarian,”
“this is without” –
and they don’t use
a lot of dairy anyway.
So, it was really
very simple and it was
phenomenal, lots of
vegetables and…

And they didn’t do that
just for you?
They normally do this?

They normally do that.
And we were in the African
bush in the Masai Mara
and it was great.
And we went to Nairobi
and I ate fine there as well,
so I was really surprised.
So, not only was it
surprising food-wise,
it was just such a
beautiful country to visit
and the people
were phenomenal.
So that’s my favorite,
I have to say.

When we return after
this brief message,
we will learn more about
Carolyn Scott-Hamilton’s
other creative ideas
for the Healthy Voyager.
You are watching
Vegetarian Elite
on Supreme Master
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Welcome back to
Vegetarian Elite
on Supreme Master
Television
and our interview with
Carolyn Scott-Hamilton,
founder of
the Healthy Voyager.
Since its inception
in 2005,
Carolyn has expanded
the Healthy Voyager
to include many other
aspects of the vegan
lifestyle, one of which
involves celebrities.

And as far as celebrities,
we’re launching
an episode of, well,
a new series under
the Healthy Voyager
umbrella called
“The Healthy Voyager
Tour Bus.”
And I came up with that
because I love music and
I love comedians,
and kind of under
the umbrella of traveling.
So many musicians
and comedians travel,
so they’re on tour
so it’s tough for them
to remain healthy.
And now there are
so many vegan,
vegetarian, eco-friendly,
gluten-free artists.
So I thought,
“Why not interview them
on their tour bus and do
some cooking segments
and kind of see what
their favorite meal is
and how they’re able to
survive on tour?”

So that’s been something
that’s been in the works.
And I have people like
Ricky Rocket, he’s
the drummer of Poison,
and Erykah Badu is
interested, and looking to
get Jason Schwartzman.
So there a lot of people
on the horizon
that are going to
pop on the show
– either to cook with them
or go dine with them
and talk about how they
survive healthily on tour.

Under her stewardship,
the Healthy Voyager
has gone international.
It’s also leaving
a healthy impression
on the air waves.

My show is available
online
on YouTube,
on Facebook
– kind of everywhere.
And I’m syndicated on
a bunch of websites.
In fact, in the UK,
there’s a website called
“Veggie Vision” and
I’m kind of their
American counterpart so
they showcase my videos.
As well, in Australia,
there’s another website
called “Lola Berry’s,”
so she and I are working
together – so kind of
internationalizing the show,
the “web empire.”

But I do have a radio
show that I launched
in July, and it can be
heard as a podcast
on my website on iTunes,
as well as Facebook
and my blog.
But it is heard live
in Los Angeles
on an AM radio station,
AM 1680, but it
live streams on the web,
on a journal and
radio.com,
and then you can hear it
as podcast on iTunes
and my website.

And do you receive
any comments via email
for example?
What’s the public
response like?

I have quite a few
listeners nationwide,
in fact, worldwide now.
I know that a lot of
people in the UK listen to
my radio show because
of the Veggie Vision.
So, yeah, I get a lot of
comments because every
show is a different theme
and is under the guise of
Healthy Voyager,
so it’s not just food and
dining and cooking –
it’s healthy career,
healthy finances,
healthy relationships,
women’s health.

So I run the gamut
of health and I’m getting
a lot of listeners that
normally wouldn’t listen
to a vegan show,
hearing about overall
health and lifestyle; so
I throw “green” in there,
I do throw
doctors in there.
I just had…her name is
Lissa Rankin – she is a
holistic ob-gyn actually,
in Marine County – and
we talked about
women’s health and
breast cancer month.
So every week is
a different show,
so I really love covering
all kinds of health.

I’ve got a bit of
a sweet tooth
so I’m heading over to
Stephanie’s bakery.
Every time I’m
in San Diego, I pop into
Stephanie’s for some
take home treats.
Stephanie’s in Ocean Beach
specializes in
organic vegan desserts.
The bake their own
cupcakes, cakes, pies,
cookies, and
their house specialty –
pizza and cheesecake.
Their products can be
found in the café, as well
as local Whole Foods
markets and specialty
restaurants around town.
They use mostly organic
ingredients, as well as
no refined sugars, eggs,
or dairy.
Don’t forget your
Midnight Chocolate Cheesecake,
Carolyn. Enjoy.

You won’t miss any of
those ingredients when
you take a bite out of this.
I’m heading to
dinner downtown
so I better get moving.

It’s made me excited
for Thanksgiving.

Flavors are great. (Yes.)
And the portabella
mushroom adds such
a nice flavor to the pasta.

Real great,
creamy marinara.
Which you definitely
don’t get to try elsewhere.

No, we don’t.
And you can definitely
eat vegan and have
all kinds of…the colors,
the quantity, the flavor…

Texture…everything.

Great food.

Viewers and listeners can
expect more countries
to be added to
the Healthy Voyager
show lineup.
Carolyn has also created
a new feature that will
help travelers choose
the best products and
services wherever their
journeys may take them.

We’re going to do UK,
France, Spain, and
we may be able to do
Costa Rica next year,
so there’s a lot of travel
coming up for the show.
And in addition to that,
we’re doing more of
the cooking shows,
holiday baking segments,
that sort of thing,
so that’s pretty exciting.

And I’m adding… we
added earlier this year,
it’s called the
“Healthy Voyager Food
Directory,” which is
kind of like my own
Good Housekeeping Seal,
mixed with a tour guide.
So I cover products,
hotel services,
and restaurants, and
I list them according to
the categories
and special diets that
they accommodate.
The directory often
it’ll say: X product,
this is the website where
you find it, it’s good
for vegans, vegetarians,
kosher, gluten-free,
whatever, and then
my favorite product
from that line
or the restaurant.
And it’s going to be
an iPhone app as well as
a print guide,
like a tour guide so that
you can have it with you
for travel.

Her heart in the right place,
Carolyn always strives
to improve and enhance
the services of
the Healthy Voyager
to benefit travelers
around the world.

I love what I do.
I love to eat,
I love to travel, and
I do love helping folks
that wouldn’t normally
venture out and do things
because of
their dietary restraints.
So, like we were saying
a little earlier, that
it’s tough when you’re
in an airport or
tough when you’re
in a theme park,
so I’ve even covered that
– I’ve done a theme park
article, and I’ve covered
all of the national
theme parks, and
going to an airport,
figuring out what
you’re going to get
at each terminal.
And I’ve done, kind of
an exposé, which places
accommodate the best…

I’m hoping to continue
to grow the brand and
get bigger and be able to
touch more people,
whether they’re vegan
or not, and show them
that it’s delicious, or
just healthy in general,
like a new type of eating,
or help those people
who can’t normally
go out to eat.

I was floored with
what was called
the Paris of the Plains.
Kansas City,
the City of Fountains has
a unique collection of over
200 working fountains,
second only to Rome.
And every place I stopped
had healthy choices,
and they were more than
happy to accommodate
me and my crazy ways
of ordering.
The city is growing,
and it’s not
your sleepy little town.
It has lots to see and do,
and so if you’re
planning a trip –
bring your appetite!

Thank you, Carolyn,
for establishing such
an invaluable service that
truly makes life so much
easier and fun for vegans
and non-vegans alike.
We wish you
the best of luck in all
your future green
and vegan endeavors.

Thank you,
open-minded viewers, for
your gracious company
on this week’s episode
of Vegetarian Elite.
Stay with us on
Supreme Master
Television for Between
Master and Disciples,
coming up next.
We wish you a joyous
and creative weekend.

Say “Hi” to
Carolyn Scott-Hamilton
and learn more about
the Healthy Voyager at
HealthyVoyager.com
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